LC10 was a conventional family hatchback in every sense of the word, and followed industry standard thinking in terms of mechanical layout.
However, because of internal politics, lack of resources and the fact that the Metro had to come first, the Maestro seven years to get into production.
LC10 prototype
THIS hand-built prototype was an early mule for the LC10 project. A-Series powered and demonstrating obvious space efficiency, it was true to the form. Styled by Steve Ferrada, this prototype bore no resemblance to the final product – although there were rumours that Bertone was involved…




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Looks like someone’s tried to hotwire it…
I didn’t think anything could be uglier than the production Maestro, but they certainly pulled out the stops to produce this hideous minger- it would defy the greatest stylists to pretty this up for production.
Still, build quality looks good by BL standards- I like the almost straight ‘go faster’ stripes holding the front indicator on!
Agreed
I’m not so sure. With a bit of ornamentation and without the funny window line this would have been far more in line with early 80s European styling themes than the actual Maestro.
I prefer the styling with the exception of the hideous surrounds to the door handles.
A hint of Innocenti Mini about the headlights.
Quite like the look of the hand-built prototype from the front and rear, the latter in particularly the tail-lights could have benefited productionized versions of the Pininfarina Aerodynamica Mini, 1100 and 1800 as well as the Maxi-based Aquila.